Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-13
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.

Does the soul outrun the body. dear,
'That IN ech0ing football feet
Strikes oman inner listening car
Before your own I greetp
Thy loving smile lights up tho space
Of twilight darkening down;
] feel warm kisses on my face,
While still ] sit alone.
Hasten to one whose happy fate
Is In thy care to WE'LL;
Hasten where Love and Duty wait,
Their greeting sweet to tell. 81,
Amanly step-quick, firm and light
Rings ont aboye the rest.
Alb, Heart! You heard it ahd were right
X TITS his whom we love best! ~
CELIA P. WooLLEY, IN Coon housekeeping. 8
FARM LABOR. II
The employment of farm laborers is
always a difficult task, especially if the
farmer himself is away from home a
considerable portion of the time, for
then he wants both a faithful and an
intelligent man, n who can be made
to take an interest in the farm, and one
who knows enough to take the lead
when his master is away; such men are
not plenty, but they a be found, yet
as a rule when found they are engaged,
because when a farmer finds such a
man he is very likely to keep him year
after year. A nan who is anything
near what he ought to be is better the
second than he is the first year, because
he better understands the want of his
master, and also better understands the
condition and wants at the farm. It is
poor policy to changefarm laborers I'M
less there is a good cause for it. There
is, however, one class of men who will
do first-rate the first year, quite indiffer-
emily the second year, and be an in
tolerable nuisance the third year; such
men need to change places every year.
The farmer who expects to get first
class laborers and keep them many
years should pay them promptly every
week if they desire it; and never let a
month slip by without a settlement;
better hire the money to do this than
to make the men wait. 1t is a good
rule to adopt to always pay a work
man what money he asks for if it is due
him. A farmer who does. this will al
ways be able to get men at less price
than a those who are never ready to
pay, and will keep their men out of
their money until the end of the year
if possible Mass. Ploughman.
HoUsEKEEPERs SHOULD KNOW,
That soda will clean furnished tin.
That vinegar and salt will clean
copper.
That butter is the best polish to put
into starch.
That baking soda put on a burn will
take out the heat.
That a heated knife will cut hot bread
without making it sogggy.
That oil of cedar is sure death to YER
min which infest chambers.
That toilet sets and all chamber arti-
Giles should be cleaned in cold water.
That white lead will cement broken
crockery, a ten cent bottle lasting for
years.
That a small paint brush should be
used in cracks and crevices while dust
ing a room.
That disease often turks in a dirty
dishcloth, a greasy sink, an unclean
teakettle and a poorly ventilated
oven.
That fannels should be washed in
hot soapsuds, and rinsed in hot water
containing soap enough to soften it a
little.
That a carpet sweeper is valuable in
a dining room where small children
eat, but should never be used for gen
eral sweeping.
That silver should be washed with
channels skin, saturated with silver
soap, each time after use, thus avoid.
ing a general cleaning.
That windows should never be wash.
ed while the sun shines upon them, as
it is impossible to polish them without
leaving blue streaks.
That preserving jars should be stood
on their heads, for at least an hour
after sealing, when the liquor will
escape if the jar contains air.
That silk dresses should neve be
brushed witha whisk broom, but should
be carefully rubbed with a velvet NIT
ten kept for that purpose onl v Coco
Housekeeping.
REDUCING BONES.
Bones are the cream of manures, bu'
the difficulty is that ground bone il
sold at too high a price, and not every
farmer knows how to reduce those h,
may collect. The following mode is ont
of the best and most eficacious:
"Put them into a large arch kettle O
boiler, with an equal bulk of good hare
wood ashes; pourin water enough t.
make a thin mortar, and boil the mas
from nj to two hours, when the bone
become completely dissolved or broker
down, with the exception Of a few har,
. shin bones. Shovel the mass into a DO:
and allow it to remain a week or SO
when the remainder of the bones vii
mostly disappear. Mix it with twic
its bulk of earth and usei it in the hills.
Now, brother farmers, collect the oil
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